V-belt quality

[George Selby]

At 10:29 PM 1/2/2013, you wrote:
>Now I put on a new belt, also the same Continental make. It was 
>tight when I put it on, and now, a couple of days later it is not so tight.
>Is that normal? I don't think so!

I always had trouble with Continental alternator belts on both my VW 
Jetta and Audi 200.  In fact, the inability to keep a new alternator 
belt on my 200 for more than a couple 1000 miles is party what led to 
it being scrapped last year.  I had problems with aftermarket 
Continental belts on my Jetta, too, had better luck with Genuine VW belts.

George Selby